Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design (P/L CUSTOM SCORING SURVEY) - Hardcover

Starke, Barry; Simonds, John Ormsbee

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9780071797658: Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design (P/L CUSTOM SCORING SURVEY)

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ISBN 10: 0071797653 ISBN 13: 9780071797658

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2013

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The most comprehensive, current guide to the theoryand practice of landscape architecture

For more than 50 years, this pioneering guide has served as the foremost resource on the principles and practices of landscape architecture. Now, the book has been revised to address the latest developments in the field, providing a comprehensive, current presentation of the profession.

Richly illustrated with more than 400 full-color images, Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, explains how to plan and design for the human use of land with the least environmental impact. This updated volume offers new coverage of important topics such as sustainability, climate change, water conservation, land reuse, urban agriculture, stormwater management, low-impactdesign, and much more. This definitive reference:

Introduces the fundamentals of site and environmental planning
Describes the planning constraints imposed by the forms, forces, and features of nature and our built environment
Addresses climate and its design implications
Discusses site selection and analysis
Instructs in the planning of workable and well-related use areas
Describes the volumetric shaping of exterior spaces
Explores site-structure relationships andorganization
Applies contemporary thinking in the planning of expressive human habitations and communities

Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, preservesthe essential character and timelessness of the original classic while incorporating up-to-date advancements in the profession.

Extensively revised and filled with more than 400 contemporary full-color images, Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, remains the quintessential resource on planning for the human use of land in harmony with the environment. The book presents asystematic approach to the creation of more usable, efficient, and attractive outdoor spaces and places. Teaching diagrams, plans, photographs, and graphics--including the works of many of the world's leading landscape architects and firms--are featuredthroughout. This thoroughly modernized classic offers new coverage of:

Sustainability
Climate change and global warming
Water preservation and water rights
Land reuse and brownfield redevelopment
GIS mapping
Invasive species
Urban agriculture and urban forestry
Stormwater management
Low-impact design
Complete streets
New Urbanism, Smart Growth, and Traditional Neighborhood Development

Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, addresses every aspect of site and environmental planning, design, and implementation, including:

The human habitat and sustainability
Climate
Water
Land
Vegetation
The visual landscape
Topography
Community planning and growth management
Rational land use planning
Urban design
Site planning
Site spaces
Circulation
Structures
Landscape planting

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